ECON& 202Macroeconomics•
5 Cr.

Department

Division

Description:

Presents major theories of business cycles and economic growth. Students examine economic policies aimed "at price stability" and unemployment in an industrialized capitalist nation as well as factors in international trade and monetary flows. It may also cover the development policies of underdeveloped countries.

Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

Acquire and critique the use of primary source statistics in assessing the health of a macroeconomy.

Explain the relationships between economic growth, unemployment, and inflation.

Recognize the importance of the Federal Reserve’s regulatory role in money and banking.

Evaluate the pros and cons of proposed macroeconomic stabilization policy.

Examine factors that influence long-run growth and productivity.

Describe how the internationalization of our economy has changed the outcomes and choices of our domestic economy.

Critically analyze the positive and negative impacts of markets as they relate to social justice and environmental issues.

Represent and understand economic concepts and outcomes in numerical and graphical form.